Furniture from pallets in the interior: 75 photo ideas made with their own hands

Pallet, pallet, pallet - rigid, usually wooden, cardboard, plastic, metal stand, to move, cargo storage with the help of special mechanisms. They come in different sizes, load-carrying capacity. Wooden pallets - durable, eco-friendly, durable enough. They are made of larch, pine, spruce, birch, alder, poplar, and other species.

Craftsmen, professional furniture manufacturers often make of them all sorts of useful things - beds, plank fences, even a piece of furniture home garden. What is the furniture of the trays in the interior, which produce their own hands for the accomplishment of apartments, suburban area in detail in this article.

What is a pallet, where to get, how to choose and how to prepare

Pallet - is primarily a reusable container that can withstand heavy static loads. Many companies manufacture wood for the order of its bulk, each with a size of 120 by 80 cm, 120 cm to 100, 120 to 120 cm, a height in the range 18 cm up to 20 kg. Pallets are marked on the "sides" - in the manufacture of furniture it is used as an ornament. Pallets, used, sell some businesses. Certain stores even give the gift of a Pickup, not to spend money on recycling. After the purchase of building materials, large household appliances, they also remain. With bars, 70 mm in cross-section, 15 cm wide planks, nails or screws, they just do it yourself.

For the manufacture of all things should choose whole, without chips, cracks, drop pieces of knots. They are made of rough wood, requiring pre-treatment:

• clean from dust and dirt. The easiest way - to wash with water, soap, dried in the open air;
• remove roughness - roughness, burrs, to make the surface as smooth as possible. This is done by using a grinding machine, a simple sandpaper, with an average grain;
• when the planned production of furniture for the garden, rooms with high humidity, all surfaces should be covered with water-repellent for outdoor work.

Tip: "to sand" all the parts are not necessarily - it is possible to process only those that directly come into contact with the body, if we are not talking about complex designs.

Manufacture of furniture, decorative items for interior

Of pallets for home interior produce:

• sofas, beds;
• tables, chairs, stools;
• cabinets, shelves, wall organizers;
• cabinets, shelves, chests of drawers;
• Household TV;
• laundry baskets;
• shelf for shoes;
• hangers for clothes;
• baby furniture, including a toy;
• a variety of decor items.

When the materials are selected, it is necessary to pick up the necessary tools.

To work needed:

• corners of the metal;
• drill, drill to it;
• bolts, washers, screws;
• sandpaper coarse, medium or machine for grinding;
• primer, impregnation or paint for wood;
• metal tape measure or ruler;
• protection - gloves, goggles;
• a pencil;
• PVA glue, or any wood;
• paint brushes.

In many cases, whole pallets have to partially or completely disassembled. Then additionally need a claw hammer, a screwdriver. For manufacturing various intricate designs need additional hardware - legs, knobs, wheels, pieces of glass, cloth, leather, decorative film, foam, etc..

If an electric drill is not - does not matter. You can use a hammer and nails, but the time it takes a little longer, and the view of the finished product will be a little worse.

Tables and tables - dining, coffee, coasters

A variety of tables - is the most popular piece of furniture made from pallets. They are easy to manufacture, because very popular with the "craftsmen". Of the three or four pallets simply make a written or computer table in the loft-style, rustic, art-believe. One pallet will countertops, two - sides, one can become a shelf for books, computer keyboard. To "cover" the table nailed board, plywood, put the thick glass. A wooden structure covered with lacquer paint. Dining table for the whole family is from five to seven pieces, children - is painted in bright colors. On the sides of the table nailed narrow shelves. Low table suitable for Japanese style, painted a light paint - to Provence.

Stand for shoes obtained from one Euro pallets supplied to one side or two laid on each other horizontally. Tumba TV stand, depending on its size, is made from two to six pieces. They are fastened directly by placing one on the other or in the form of a pyramid.

On a smooth surface countertops, using acrylic varnish using decoupage technique can convert any photo, picture, printed on a laser printer.

beds

Frame, the head of the double bed is also often made of pallets. Low base of the details stacked in one line, suitable for a berth in the Asian style - furniture Asians is very low. If, however, make two or three tiers, and on top put a thick memory foam mattresses, will complete a 'European' bed. Only now much jump on it should not be - the board will not stand. The headboard is made from pallets, set up end or sidewall, are, here, you can do a few shelves, if you cut it. If desired, the head is arranged a box for linen. For a cozy bedroom in country-style, minimalist, modern, this bed fit perfectly. Single children's beds with headboards, bumpers, made of several parts, depending on the child's height, pallet sizes.

Under the bed sometimes make drawers for small things, the original illumination.

Sofas and armchairs

Garden, pets armchairs, sofas for any room, easy to make the most of several pallets. For standard seats they need three or four. Two side walls, the rear part is made of one piece or pallet being cut in half, making the seat back. "Seats", backrest, armrests are upholstered cushions, foam with fabric, and can be "naked." Inside the armrest there is a place for a number of books, newspapers, magazines. Side shelf make a cup of coffee and saucer with biscuits.

For low, "Eastern" couch will take at least eight trays, thick mattresses on the backrest and seat cushions for the armrests. Pallets slipping between them, varnished, soft fabric pieces are sewn together, tight cover. For high-grade, high, wide sofa, you need to twenty pallets - if you want, make it a convertible, but this will require a loop, some other details.

Like furniture decorate the whole living room, having made the whole ensemble of the couch, a few chairs, a dining table, shelves on the walls.

bar counter

In modern cafes, coffee shops, bars, hookah is often necessary to see that the interior is completely made of various materials at hand. Bright example - the bar of the pallet. Such a stand is very easy to do yourself, with a minimum of three pallet. For countertops is better to use one-piece flat board, a width of 30 cm., Which is sawed T- shaped or U-shaped, depending on what you plan to stand. It will look great in a kitchen interior eco-style lofts, and many others.

It is important that the room design was appropriate. For example, the front part of the bar made of LED lights and the same tape for a food rack from the pallet. From a single pallet, delivered on his side, will stand for excellent wine bottles in the home bar - in the boards need to make the slits under the bottle necks, bottoms. Since the bar is sometimes combined kitchen table of the same material - is mounted therein for washing dishes, the hob and the oven al.

decorative elements

Of pallets, among other things, made a lot of all kinds of decor:

• decorative panel - all the boards are painted in different colors, they are nailed pictures, souvenirs, small shelves;
• If the upper part of the handle to attach metal or rope, get the original tray;
• of pallets made bed for the domestic dog. In the middle casts a soft pillow with removable, located on the edges of the bowls for food and water. For the rest of the cats 'settee' is equipped with kittens. For animals in the village, you can make a full booth;
• wall or floor rack is obtained by removing the vertical bar, horizontal insert, wider. If a tie to the bottom of shapely legs of the old table, you will design in a retro style;
• the pallet can be leaned against or nailed to the wall, and on his hooks or bolts to hang flower pots with plants, pots;
• panels for plasma television design - one or two pallet paint, varnish, nailed to the wall. Top hung plasma screen.

Such objects made "home designers" fit the style known as art-and-craft. It gives priority to natural materials, items made by his own hand.

Making furniture infield

Furniture made of wood looks very naturally on the background of nature. If you plan to use it is not under the eaves, the timber should first be varnished, dry to avoid rotting.

What can be made of pallets in the country:

• bench, sofa;
• tables, bedside tables, stools;
• swings, suspension bed;
• shelving;
• doghouse, aviary;
• gazebo, showers;
• Holder hammock;
• ladder;
• a children's play area;
• platform for a summer terrace;
• fence, gate;
• decorative well, flowerbed.

garden furniture

Garden corner sofa, table perfectly complement the holiday destination, located outdoors. For areas with barbecue, outdoor fireplace, barbecue, suitable long low sofa and a table. On the sofa will need ten to twelve pallets - two or three of them are sawn, forming the back. Seat height - about 25 cm. Pillows, bedspreads - on request. Buffet happens when you combine two or four units together, it will also be a low. For a higher number of pallets of furniture increased. Practical, comfortable garden benches with seats on either side, a high or a low table in the center.

Desk, armchairs, small sofa made mobile by simply screwing them wheels.

Garden swing

For the manufacture of the original swing for children and adults will need one or two Euro pallets, a few meters of a strong steel chain. The construction is suspended on a metal bar, frame. This usually swing with the back or as a hanging bed with a mattress. The frame can also be made of parts of the pallets, if you make additional ribs, a small shed. On a similar design sometimes attach suspended platform for children to play. In the manufacture of the swing should consider what they stand the weight, but always with a "margin".

As an attraction for the youngest of the pallets is the similarity machine on wheels, on which a child can be transported up the garden path. The back and the restraining straps - are required.

sunbeds

Sun beds from pallets to make simple. Set of two on one another get the foundation of one another - back under it made two "legs". If desired, the back makes mobile, height-adjustable. After the design is painted, varnished. To be gentle, upward stacked homemade pillows, mattresses. Such devices usually do a few - the number of members of the family, so everyone can rest comfortably after a day in the country.

vertical beds

Wooden Euro pallets, with planted flowers in them, decorated with summer arbors, balconies in the apartment, the external walls of private homes. This bed saves space. Depending on the planned size beds, for its production will require one or more pieces, special geotextile stapler for furniture, seedlings and flower seeds. Preferred for vertical landing petunia, marigolds, herbs, strawberry, strawberry. Pallet sand, covered with paint. Rear, bottom, side of the hooped with landscape fabric with a stapler. Then he flipped to the "back", inside is filled with soil mix. You can do otherwise: no fabric to upholster the entire pan, and arrange "pockets". Then to plant flowers, starting from the bottom row. After 10-15 days, the plants take root enough, a bed can be placed vertically.

Watered, fed a flower garden you often, with the help of a lens. If planted perennials, they are insulated for the winter, so that the roots are not chilled.

conclusion

To make your own for a country house, apartment interior different creative designer items, not necessarily to be an expert. Make furniture without spending much time, finance under the force of even a novice. Even fully furnished pallets throughout the apartment, will cost several times cheaper than the store, and for strength, appearance, she will not concede. This interior will be unique, original and eco-friendly. Keeping a single visual style, furniture, various objects, self-made from pallets, easy to furnish your house, garage, backyard, suburban area.